The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-13

until tho advent Of your "new and better
party" to power. And that such Ia your
real object and purpose, 10 proved by the
manner In which you speak and write Of
everybody who don't agree with you In
your third party folly. You know, as
well au any one that We must have
ct least 10000 votes to adopt the
amendment, and that your 90.
called party has but l,452 to start
with. Therefore In order to the success
OF the amendment we muat have at least
1888 votes given by persons now in the
'old parties" II 10 q fact we'll understood
by all intelligent writer's and speakers,
that In order to gain converts to any cause
they must convince the judgement or en-.
list the aympathies Of the person thoy ad.
lrees. Now lat 10 SEQ II you come to us
for those 70 54s votes In way by which
you either desire or hope 10 secure them.
You start out by telling Us how high and
holy and pure you and your party ale,
and that You arc greatly our superiors In
everything, and then how low, mean and
contemplate We are as compared to you.
You tell US In substance that we are gang
OF corrupt acoundrsls, banded together
without principles, and that VIC are i'm.
beetles, towards, perjurers, aud tho asso.
ciates Of Democratic vultures and Repub.
eau vampires.
FIXING TIE RESPONSIBILITY.
1t would be paying poor compliment
to your intellect to suppose that you had
the sllghtest expectation Of inducing any
of US in this way to join your party, to
carry the amendment. Tho truth 10, and
there Is no use to attempt to disguise 1t,
you don't want our votes for the amend.
ment, on our own party tickets. and,
therefore, you adopt the snrest method OF
driving q sulllclent number Of US from its
support to defeat II; kno wing, as you do,
that We will hays nothing to do with your
third party. II 10 true, as have said be.
fore, that there are men In both the old
parties who care more for their party than
Tor temperance, but who will vote for the
amendment In case their party will not be
injured thereby, and | will add here that
there Is hardly doubt but that this class
OF voters, email as they are compared to
the whole, hold the balance OF power be.
tween the contendinS torces, end you
know perfectly well that tho methods you
have adopted are certain 10 repsl and not
to win that class OF voters. The difference
between you aud US, who are the real
lriendu Of the amendment, Is that We are
prohibitlonists for prohibitions sake,
while yon ere q Prohibitlonist simply to
help build up your alleged new and bot.
ter party" We want prohibition now
regardless OF all party considerations,
whilo you want 1t only whom your party
comes into power. And in addition to
the elegant and high.:oned language you
apply to all OF us, your disciples even
70 30 lar as to charge that the
proposed amendment to the Constitution,
was not submitted by the Legislature in
good faith, but in order that it might be
defeated, and you have, by on inainus.
ton, in parGnthcsis, hintsd ct the same
thing. Having thus uncovered your
position, and put yourselves before the
public under your true ooloYs, the true
and tried friends of the amendment will
make it warm for your Third, nov and
better party" from now until tho election.
And if you and your allies, the LIQUOR
deslaro, succeed in defeating tho amend
ment you cen rest assured il won't be our
fault. We propose to work for ths adop-
ton OF the amendment in and through the
parties to which We belong, and If 1t quits
us. now end then, to cross over and
ecratch. We will do that. But as to
your party, We will have none Of it. II
auccesa CROWNS our Efforts we will nee that
laws ara passed and officers elected to
eriorce the amendment without assistance
from you. Bat il defeat overtnkes US, the
cause oil it will lie ct your door, and you
will be followed by the maledictions of
the wiveo, widows and orphans of the
victims OF the accuracd traffic, which you
will have fastened upon the State for
years to come, II rot forever.
JAMES e. FERGUSON.
Charleston, r. Va, Dec 6, 1887.